IBM T43 v.s Eee PC 1000H

[marcus8218]

Hi guys,

I currently have an IBM Thinkpad T43 2668-4DM. I have upgraded the ram to 2gb. My question is: Should I keep my IBM, or should I sell the Thinkpad and buy an Asus Eee PC 1000H? I owned an Eee PC 701 4gb which was great, until I got sick of the small screen, keyboard, mouse, battery, storage. I really like the Eee PC 1000H and I would love to own one, but I still love my Thinkpad. I mostly use my laptop for web, office, skype, emails, you tube, watching divx/xvid movies, playing some older games (GTA Vice City/San Andreas, Counter Strike 1.6, Half life 1/2, Need for Speed). Here is a link to the specifications of my laptop:

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. … ry=26684DM

As I said, I have only upgraded the ram to 2gb.

What should I do!?!? Would the specifications of the 1000H meet similar specs of my Thinkpad? Any opinion/recommendations from Thinkpad or Eee PC users would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks, Marcus

[Harryc]

The Eee PC 1000H only has a 10" screen, and I am sure the keyboard is smaller than your T43. Ref. the PC 701, you said "until I got sick of the small screen, keyboard, mouse". Based on that comment I think you'd end up in the same boat with the slightly larger 1000H. Not to mention that the performance of your 1.86Ghz Pentium M Dothan would bury a 1.6-GHz Intel Atom.

[ajkula66]

Agreed with Harry 100000%....

[herr.jth]

Agreed with Harry 100000%....

Me too.
Some time ago I possesed an Acer Aspire One with 9inch display. I sold it for 200 Euros after 2 months and payed 100 extra to get a very nice T43 from ebay. Its a difference like night and day, the 14" screen is perfect (this small observation slit sucked), the bigger keyboard with trackpoint was a real pleasure and not to mention that even my T43 from 2005 has a lot more power than those Atom-Netbooks. Trying to compile Linux on those things isn't funny at all.
But, to be fair, for looking up mails or doing some instant messaging with friends its ok. But for serious work (especially programming and a like), forget it.

[ssd_thinkpad]

The Eee PC 1000Hs aquivalent in the thinkpad series are the x40 / x60s series. They have around the same weight as the eee pc but a 12 inch display and nearly the keyboard size of the T series.

If weight is your primary concern, go with the x series. If you like to have a much bigger display and a better keyboard, go with the T 14 inch series. The T-Series weights around 2 kg, 0,5 kg more than the x series or the eee pc 1000 series if you put out the optical drive. These days you notice that the former expensive T 60 series - which is said to be a little bit heavier than the T 40 series - is getting cheap, so check out its prices. If weight does not concern you, the 15 inch non xga models do not cost more but all have a far superior display called flexview.

If battery life is your concern, take this into consideration: Batteries are currently only produced for the T / X 60 series. Lenovo does not produce any more batteries for the T / X 40 series. As batteries tend to loose its capacities over the time, this could be a good time to take a look at the T / X 60 series. The T 60 series batteries are used also in the most modern T500 series.

[Amika]

if you will be watching those HD movies/TV shows MKV files i dont think those netbook Eee will be able to handle those files, which your T43 will be able to handle even those HD movies/TV shows. Just another point for you to consider..

[LegendaryKA8]

I'm going to agree on the fact that if you're going to compare the 1000H to a T43, you're going to be disappointed.

I was extremely interested in getting a 1000HE to 'supplement' my XPS M1730, and wound up getting back into the T4x because of that. I did a pretty good amount of research on the EeePC, and found that it really didn't meet my needs. The smaller form factor made for lousy typing... although I'll admit that I do creative writing and will be using a machine for programming, so I need a keyboard that's better than most. The EeePC wasn't really all that impressive either on the screen or keyboard fronts... I also like having the SXGA+ real estate.

As far as gaming goes, you most likely won't be able to run Source(HL2-based) games at all, and trying to squint at that tiny screen.... ugh. Plus if you have games that need the CD to run, you're stuck with plugging in an external drive... with the T43, you've got the much more versatile UltraBay.

If you need battery life, I'm pretty sure the T43 equipped with a 9-cell and the extended Ultrabay battery would even beat out the EeePC. The 1000HE might have a slight edge over said T43, but not by much.

The Atom processor might be newer hardware, but it's built for a power-sipping netbook. I'm pretty sure that your 1.86Ghz Dothan would beat it out handily... and handle HD video far better.

So... IMHO, the only thing the EeePC has going for it is form factor and weight... it might have a smaller footprint, but it is thicker. I'd consider it an upgrade from a T2x, but definitely not a decently equipped T4x.

Personally, I find my Frankensteined T42 to be a far more versatile and capable machine than any netbook I've seen yet. More screen real estate(and not those fraggin' widescreen LCDs!), enough graphics horsepower for casual gaming, and when equipped for it a pretty good battery life. I'll absolutely take the tradeoff for some extra weight.

[berraneck]

If you´re thinking about smaller replacement of T43, why not X40/X41? It is simmilar in size and weight of EEE, but it has better build, it is Thinkpad, the price is lower and performenance is the same, keyboard is much more better, it has trackpoint(for me-better). I´ve been thinking about same replacement, but X40/41 (and also X31/32 which are bit bigger and heavier) are far more better laptops than todays crapy Asus/Acer/MSI etc netbooks

[ttan98]

I agree with berraneck, just perform a simple sum, X40/X41 when new it costs about $2,000 compared to Asus 1000HE which is about $400, taking into account of profit margin(Thinkpad has greater PM obviously), the Thinkpad is by far superior in terms of build, support, etc. BTW I just bought a Dell420 instead of Netbook and also Thinkpad T41 as well. Both are well made products, T41 is better than Dell420.

Buy a well cared for X40/41 from Ebay, etc and you will be happy with it.

[ajkula66]

X40/41 are crippled by 1.8"/4200rpm hard drives that are slooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow...

It's tough to find a machine that is small and light enough, yet works well in all applications required...

My choice ended up being a non-ThinkPad, for the first time in my life...and yes, I miss having the trackpoint, but have gotten a lot in return...

[berraneck]

X40/41 are crippled by 1.8"/4200rpm hard drives that are slooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow...

agree

But there´s a possibility to put there SSD disk instead of it; yeah it isn´t that cheap as normal HDD´s but the performance (especially in comparison with 4200rpm drive) is far better. Has anyone tried?